Story+2009-10-14+Philadelphia,+PA

“Hello, Philly (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Thundercrack”**

“Good evening, Philly! (crowd cheers) how we doing, how we doing, how we doing? (crowd cheers) good evening, good evening…we’re so glad to be here at the Spectrum tonight (crowd cheers) that’s right…and the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna build a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise …now, the mighty E Street Band is gonna bring down the power of the music on you with everything they got…but, Philadelphia, we…will…need… you…to…bring…the…noise! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Working on a Dream”**

“Thank you, thank you, Philly, thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers) as we, uh, we’re heading towards the end of our tour and, uh, we were trying to think of doing some things that would make these last series of shows special for our fans (crowd cheers) we appreciate all the support you’ve given us over the past decade and…and much longer, needless to say (tries his guitar) oh, I’m out of tune…last night for the folks we played “Born to Run” (crowd cheers) and tonight, this was a record that, uh…it was really, just very, very important for us, came out, uh, three years after “Born to Run” when everybody’d thought we kind of…disappeared…we went back to the swamps of Jersey (chuckles) (crowd cheers) and, uh…it’s still a record that means a great, great deal to me, I think it summarized a lot of the things that were going on in…in the world that I was in at the time and, uh…when it came out, it was interesting, it was sort of, it wasn’t greeted right away with the kind of affection that it’s gained over the years, people didn’t initially know quite what to make of it and, uh…but it’s ended up being in our setlist, these songs have been in our setlist night after night after night for 37, 35 years, 33 years (crowd cheers) so, uh, I wanna do this one tonight for a friend of mine, Tom (?), he’s in the house tonight, we’re gonna play this for you, Tom, Tom’s been a guy who’s done as much to bring our music to you over the years as anybody so we thank him, this is “Darkness on the Edge of Town” (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Badlands”**

“The young men that made the music (crowd cheers) and Phantom Dan Federici (crowd cheers) thank you…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, after “Darkness on the Edge of Town”**

“(crowd cheers) We’re almost there…keep going, boys…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Sherry Darling”**

“Yes, yes, yes!...that’s entertainment (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, after “Sherry Darling”**

“It’s somebody’s birthday (crowd cheers) whose birthday is it?... that man?...and he wants that song?...how old are you?...eight?... no, good Lord…alright…incredible taste… (…) Stevie, do you know what time is it?...what time is it? (crowd: “Boss-time!”) what time is it? (crowd: “Boss-time”)… (…) It’s your birthday! (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Ramrod”**

“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight!... (…) The incredible Little Steven (crowd cheers) First Lady of the E Street Band, Patti Scialfa (crowd cheers) Curt Ramm (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) the genius, Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) one of the greatest guitar players in the world, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) poet…saxophonist…libertine…author…he’s bigger than Shakespeare…the biggest man you’ve ever seen, Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Philadelphia! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) Philly! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “American Land”**

“Are we in Philadelphia? (crowd cheers) are we in Philadelphia? (crowd cheers)…can’t go home without this one…(Curt Ramm plays a bit of “Gonna Fly Now”)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, intro to “Rosalita”**

“Thank you, Philly, we love you (crowd cheers) we’ll see you next week (crowd cheers)…”
 * 14.10.09 Philadelphia, PA, after “Rosalita”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//